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Patients with severe asthma could benefit from a new drug after trials showed it cut the number of attacks by half.

Digital mammography compares well with film mammography -- both use x-rays to take images of your breast. This is an effective way to screen for breast cancer. Women who are under 50, premenopausal, and have dense breast tissue will benefit the most from digital mammograms.

More than 2000 people are claiming £9m in benefits because they are classed as too fat to work

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2009) - Covalon Technologies Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:COV), has granted an aggregate of 50,000 options to purchase common shares at an exercise price of $0.56 per share to the Company's recently appointed director, David McFaul. The shares will vest quarterly over three years and expire five years after the grant date.About CovalonCovalon Technologies Ltd. is an advanced medical products company that has developed, patented and commercialized therapeutic biomaterials for wound care and surgical applications and coatings. Polymer chemistry and surface coating technology have been combined to create a range of time-release drug delivery platforms that are applied to medical devices to treat many critical conditions. A variety of applications for these technologies have been identified and specific products have been developed. The products offer features and benefits providing solutions to many of the problems caused by current devices and th

Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest. In a study in the latest issue of European Journal of Neuroscience, an interdisciplinary Northwestern research team for the first time provides biological evidence that musical training enhances an individual's ability to recognize emotion in sound.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are well-recognized causes of progressive liver disease leading to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. To date, no therapy provided evidence of significant efficacy in these conditions and no approved therapeutic options are available worldwide.

As melanoma rates and diagnosis continue to rise, early detection (before the disease spreads to the lymph nodes) is critical for survival. In the January-February 2009 issue of Dermatology Nursing, Arlene Vickers describes how dermatology nurses can use evidence-based practice (EBP) to develop their own skin cancer screening guidelines.

In macular degeneration, the most common form of adult blindness, patients progressively lose vision in the center of their visual field, thereby depriving the corresponding part of the visual cortex of input. Previously, researchers discovered that the deprived neurons begin responding to visual input from another spot on the retina - evidence of plasticity in the adult cortex.

About one in 3,500 people are affected with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease of the retina's visual cells that eventually leads to blindness. Now researchers have identified a genetic link between cats and humans for two different forms of RP. This discovery will help scientists develop gene-based therapies that will benefit both cats and humans.

A recent study in Oregon suggests that drugs designed for treating the most severe mental illnesses are often prescribed at inappropriately low doses and at considerable expense, for use in conditions where their benefit has not been established.